clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
intensive; concentrated; focused
assistance; backing; reinforcements
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
covering; protection; backing; relief
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
ejection (of spent shell casings)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
livelihood; subsistence; business; trade; profession
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to shake; to waver; to tremble
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
wicked; evil; wastrel; scoundrel; organized crime; yakuza
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
not limited to; not just ...
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside